[ARCHIVED] Setting up a course which across 2 semesters

[adachung_ihub]

Initially, there is a course created in Semester 1 and Terms is set to Semester 1.

Semester 2 will start soon and just received notification from the teacher that the course is for 2 semesters (i.e. Semester 1 & Semester 2).

The teachers want the contents and enrollments remain, what is the best way to deal with it?

Should I clone the course and create one more course for Term Semester 2? or

Should I set Terms to default term and set the start/end date accordingly with the original course? or other suggestions?

[kmeeusen]

I think the best choice for accomplishing this and preserving the content and enrollments in the current course is to change its Term.

Forgive me if you already know all of this:smileysilly:  After all, this is the Admin Group.

When you set up Canvas, you create/define Terms, and course shells and enrollments are associated with those Terms. Admins can define as many terms as they want including Terms like "Continuous Enrollment" (I typically use this for professional development courses), "Masters", "Practice Courses" etc. besides the typical Spring 2016 kind of thing. You could create a special term called "Semesters 1 & 2 2016" for example, then change the two-semester course to that term. By taking this route, your school could also use this term for any other two-semester courses being offered at the same time; and then, be able to take advantage of any data associated with that new special term.

You can learn more @How do I set up term dates effectively in an account? and @What do I do if a course extends for more than one term?

I hope this helps.

[adachung_ihub]

Thanks.

I suppose there are some alternatives for this issue, but somehow I want to know the pros and cons before we go ahead for implementation. Like, how these methods affect housekeeping of data etc... Anyone can share their experience?

[Stef_retired]

 @adachung_ihub ​, since this conversation has taken a more open-ended direction, I've changed its format from a question (which implies that a single answer can eventually be marked "Correct Answer") to a discussion.